ENVR 302 Lecture Outlines

This page provides links to on-line outlines of lectures. The files marked with "(2002)" are outlines of last year's lectures. If no link is provided for a particular lecture, that implies that no on-line outline is available. As the semester proceeds, I will update these files so that you have access to up-to-date summaries of what we discuss in class.

Lecture #1: Course Intro

Lecture #2: Definition and Classification of Wetlands

Lecture #3: Landscape Context of Wetlands

Lecture #4: Wetland Hydrology

Lecture #5: Intro to Soils

Lecture #6: Wetland Soils

Lecture #7: Oxidation-Reduction Potentials and Metabolic Energy

Lecture #8: Plant Adaptations to Flooding

Lecture #9: Patterns in Wetland Vegetation

Lecture #10: Gas Transport in Wetland Plants

Lecture # 11: Introduction to Wetland Delineation

Lecture #12a: Federal Regulation and Section 404 of the Clean Water Act

Lecture #12b: More on Section 404 of the Clean Water Act

Lecture #13: REVIEW

Lecture # 14: Wetland Assessment: Functions and Values

Lecture # 15: Economic Valuation of Wetlands: Principals

Lecture # 16: Wetland Mitigation Intro

Lecture # 17: How Effective is Wetland Mitigation?

Lecture # 18: Wetland Mitigation Banks

Lecture # 19: Groundwater 1: Water Potential and Hydraulic Head

Lecture # 20: Groundwater2: Darcy's Law and Groundwater Flow Diagrams

Lecture # 21: Biogeochemistry

Lecture # 22: N and P in Wetlands

Lecture # 23: Private Property Rights

Lecture # 24: "Takings" and the Fifth Amendment

Lecture # 24: Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council and Palazzolo

Lecture # 25: Commerce Clause and Isolated Waters

Lecture # 26: SWANCC

Lecture # 27: Borden Ranch Case

Lecture #28: Bush Administration Wetlands Policy

Lecture #29: Management of Invasive Aquatic Plants in Maine